Tag: Racism
Through his art, a former prisoner diagnoses the systemic sickness of...
Nicole R. Fleetwood, Rutgers University
In 2007, Haitian-American artist Moliere Dimanche was sentenced to 10 years in Florida state prisons, where he ended up serving...
As a young reporter, I went undercover to expose the Ku...
Dick Lehr, Boston University
Spike Lee’s powerful new film, “BlacKkKlansman,” tells the true story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates a local...
‘Traveling while black’ guidebooks may be out of print, but still...
Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College
In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.
Modeled after the international advisories...
Schools must equip students to navigate alt-right websites that push fake...
Jennifer Rich, Rowan University
More than 60 percent of America’s middle and high school students rely on alt-right internet sites as credible sources for their...
Why our brains see the world as ‘us’ versus ‘them’
Leslie Henderson, Dartmouth College
Anti-immigrant policies, race-related demonstrations, Title IX disputes, affirmative action court cases, same-sex marriage litigation.
These issues are continually in the headlines....
Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at...
Alicia Grandey, Pennsylvania State University
The arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Starbucks in Philadelphia have raised questions...
Lynching memorial will show that women were victims, too
Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut
A memorial to victims of lynching in the U.S. opens in Alabama on April 26, 2018.
The National Memorial for...
For many US towns and cities, deciding which streets to name...
Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
More than 1,000 streets in the world bear the name of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
At...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
